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Reviving an old thread, but here goes anyway. Anybody who was watching the news last year (2014) knows that a big meta-study conducted by Harvard concluded that there's no proof in the scientific literature that saturated fats cause heart disease. Well, I was at a dinner recently with a number of cardiologists and their family members. I noticed that they were almost all bypassing the red meat. I asked why and was told but the latest studies indicate that a substance found in red meat called carnitine causes thickening of the arteries. I googled it found a number of articles devoted to this topic saying basically the same thing. Anyone have any thoughts?

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Reviving an old thread, but here goes anyway. Anybody who was watching the news last year (2014) knows that a big meta-study conducted by Harvard concluded that there's no proof in the scientific literature that saturated fats cause heart disease. Well, I was at a dinner recently with a number of cardiologists and their family members. I noticed that they were almost all bypassing the red meat. I asked why and was told but the latest studies indicate that a substance found in red meat called carnitine causes thickening of the arteries. I googled it found a number of articles devoted to this topic saying basically the same thing. Anyone have any thoughts?

Carnitine is critical to fat metabolism. It serves as the transporter of fat to the mitochondria to start the fatty acid spiral and energy generation. A deficiency of carnitine is a serious health risk. It is shocking that physicians would intentionally avoid carnitine.